‘A violent rapist who carried out a series of racially motivated sexual assaults on lone women while on bail has been jailed for life.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The high court has rejected an attempt to force the government to grant millions of UK citizens living abroad a vote in this June’s EU referendum.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
HM Revenue and Customs v Bristol and West Plc [2016] EWCA Civ 397 (27 April 2016)
London Borough of Croydon v Y [2016] EWCA Civ 398 (26 April 2016)
Cruz v Lancashire Police & Anor [2016] EWCA Civ 402 (26 April 2016)
TBO Investments Ltd v Mohun-Smith & Anor [2016] EWCA Civ 403 (26 April 2016)
Quantrell v TWA Logistics Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 399 (22 April 2016)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mittal v R [2016] EWCA Crim 451 (26 April 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Dillner, R (On the Application Of) v Sheffield City Council [2016] EWHC 945 (Admin) (27 April 2016)
Cato v The Republic of Peru & Ors [2016] EWHC 914 (Admin) (26 April 2016)
Charman, R (on the application of) v HM Revenue & Customs [2016] EWHC 854 (Admin) (25 April 2016)
National Crime Agency v Davies & Ors (rev 1) [2016] EWHC 899 (Admin) (25 April 2016)
Haralambous v St Albans Crown Court & Anor [2016] EWHC 916 (Admin) (22 April 2016)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Levett-Dunn & Ors v NHS Property Services Ltd [2016] EWHC 943 (Ch) (26 April 2016)
The Creative Foundation v Dreamland Leisure Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 859 (Ch) (25 April 2016)
Hockin & Ors v The Royal Bank of Scotland & Anor [2016] EWHC 925 (Ch) (25 April 2016)
Bainbridge & Anor v Bainbridge [2016] EWHC 898 (Ch) (22 April 2016)
Van Der Merwe v Goldman & Anor [2016] EWHC 926 (Ch) (22 April 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Home Secretary Theresa May gives a statement on the findings of the Hillsborough inquests.’
Home Office, 27th April 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Sam Williams has been sentenced for offences including controlling or coercive behaviour’
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th April 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Lord Chief Justice has issued a Discussion Paper by Mr Justice Cranston and Mr Justice Lewis, which considers the defendant’s duty of candour and disclosure in judicial review proceedings.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 28th April 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘George Osborne’s decision to impose a £10,000 tax-free cap on pension contributions is deterring well-paid lawyers from becoming judges, the lord chief justice has said.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A father who killed his nine-month-old son by violently shaking him and causing “catastrophic injuries” has been jailed for eight years.’
BBC News, 27th April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘South Yorkshire Police chief constable David Crompton has been suspended following the Hillsborough inquests.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A transgender woman has been granted sanctuary in the UK to protect her from doing compulsory military service as a man in Singapore. In the first case of its kind, two judges ruled that she should not be forcibly returned to her home country, where she would be forced to do two weeks of military service a year for the next eight years.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The new contract ministers plan to force on NHS junior doctors discriminates against female medics and is potentially illegal, Britain’s equality watchdog has told the government.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Police made “stark errors” during an investigation into four young men accused of gang rape, a court has heard.’
The Independent, 27th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘As the dust settles after an historic victory for the 27 year Hillsborough justice campaign, The Telegraph tackles some of the remaining questions.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The UK advertising watchdog is to launch an investigation to see whether rules about the objectification, sexualisation and stereotyping of women in ads need to be tightened.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In Hussain v GMC Lord Justice Longmore suggested the objective test for dishonesty in disciplinary proceedings should reflect the standards of members of the profession rather than the general public. That suggestion was taken up with varying degrees of enthusiasm by disciplinary panels, legal advisers and the courts. Andrew Granville Stafford argues that the recent Court of Appeal case of R v Hayes has effectively ended any need to apply the Longmore formulation.’
4 King’s Bench Walk, 27th April 2016
Source: www.4kbw.co.uk
‘The duty to warn arises as no more than an aspect of the duty to act with the skill and care of an ordinarily competent professional. The existence of the duty recognises that in some circumstances the professional must go beyond what is specified as the desired performance in a contract (e.g. carrying out a design) and account for any risks of which he is aware by virtue of that expertise and warn others who may not be so aware.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 19th April 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘The tail-end of 2015 threw up one of those London bus-type quirks where in less than a fortnight I acted for a landlord, a lessee and a mortgagee in three cases concerning, at least in part, the issues of (a) service of forfeiture proceedings, and (b) the defendant’s non-attendance at the first hearing at which a possession order was made.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 19th April 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘In Vinergy International (PVT) Ltd v Richmond Mercantile Ltd FZC [2016] EWHC 525 (Comm), Teare J held that the notice requirements contained in the termination provisions of a master supply agreement (the MSA) did not apply to an innocent party’s exercise of its common law right to terminate the agreement by accepting the other party’s repudiatory breach.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 26th April 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Sam Madge-Wyld looks at challenges to housing allocation schemes.’
LAG Housing Law, 26th April 2016
Source: www.laghousinglaw.com
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